SENATE VOTES TO CUT B-2, STAR WARS BUSH WAS REAGAN'S IRAQ MIDDLEMAN TYSON ADMITS GUILT TO COUNT OF THREATENING PRISON STAFF U.S. PLANES GET MARKINGS AFTER SHOTS.(Main)

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The Senate shrugged off a veto threat from President Bush on Wednesday and approved a bill slashing the B-2 bomber and Star Wars anti-missile programs but rescuing two Seawolf submarines Bush wants scrapped.

Senators approved the legislation on a 61-38 vote. But with the cuts unlikely to be enacted into law, the action showed once again the gridlock between Bush and Congress over how to pare the Pentagon's $290 billion budget with the Cold War ended.

The action now shifts to the House, which plans to vote on its version of the legislation today. The House bill saves one Seawolf from Bush's budget ax, but leaves the B-2 and the anti-missile programs alone.

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